Family Preparedness - Apartment Prepper

Quick Emergency Prep Project: Build a Texting Tree

May 9, 2012 aptprepper Beginner prepping, Emergency Communications, Emergency Preparedness, Family Preparedness

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com A few weeks ago, we posted a guest post on having a meeting place in times of emergency, which covered having multiple backup

Having A Meeting Place In Times Of Emergency

April 25, 2012 aptprepper Apartment Living, Emergency Preparedness, Family Preparedness

There are two overriding worries that we inevitably have during a time of danger and emergency. First, we want to know that we are safe. (Are we at risk? What

A Review of Survival Mom: How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst Case Scenarios

April 19, 2012 aptprepper Book Review, Emergency Preparedness, Family Preparedness

I was excited to receive my review copy of Survival Mom: How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst Case Scenarios by Lisa Bedford. I know you’re supposed

Shoppers Turning into Savages over a Sale

November 25, 2011 aptprepper Emergency Preparedness, Family Preparedness

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com It seems that every Black Friday there is some incident that leaves me wondering how people can go wild and out of control

The Emergency Cash Stash

October 23, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Family Preparedness, Financial Preparedness

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com We were going over the budget not too long ago and trying to find yet more ways to cut back on expenses. At

Dependence Created on Too Much Stuff

September 30, 2011 aptprepper Consumerism, Emergency Preparedness, Family Preparedness, Preparedness Mindset

I went to the eye doctor a few days ago for a check up. They checked my prescription, looked for eye diseases and such, and found no changes. The doctor

Not Good News – Price for Peanut Butter is Going Up

September 28, 2011 aptprepper Family Preparedness, Financial Preparedness, Food Inflation

I just heard over the radio today that peanut prices are about to jump up this year, and with that, the price of a staple at our house, peanut butter.

My Week of No TV

September 12, 2011 aptprepper Family Preparedness, Living without conveniences, Preparedness Mindset

We made a change in our cable TV provider, as we switched to a lower priced deal. This caused an interruption of service, so we had no TV in the

Be Ready for Anything

August 24, 2011 aptprepper Emergency Preparedness, Family Preparedness, Preparedness

Just when the news seemed to be settling down from the recent stock market roller coaster, the ground started rolling in a couple of areas that hardly ever experience earthquakes:

If Your Partner Doesn’t Want to Prep

August 2, 2011 aptprepper Beginner prepping, Emergency Preparedness, Family Preparedness

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com For many reasons, the majority of the population is not concerned about preparedness. Even when faced with facts and news about what happened